"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Haydon film) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 horror film directed and written by J. Charles Haydon. It is the second of three adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" to be released in 1920. The first 1920 adaptation is ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" starring John Barrymore, and the third is ""Der Januskopf"", directed by F. W. Murnau. The Haydon version is somewhat overshadowed by the version starring Barrymore, which was released by Paramount Pictures one month earlier. As the first transformation into Hyde"
"of short stories, many of which have Gothic elements. He attempted one more stage collaboration with Mansfield, a drama about the Roman emperor Nero, but after its failure the two became estranged. Thomas Russell Sullivan Thomas Russell Sullivan (November 21, 1849 – June 28, 1916) was an American writer. He is best known for ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", an 1887 stage adaptation of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" by Robert Louis Stevenson. He also wrote novels and short stories, often with Gothic motifs. His posthumously published journals have been used as a historical source about the"
"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" in 1885. In January 1886, it was published in the United Kingdom by Longmans, Green & Co. It was published that same month by Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States, where it was also frequently pirated due to the lack of copyright protections in the US for works originally published in the UK. Despite the opportunity to adapt without authorization, the actor Richard Mansfield secured permission for both the American and British stage rights in early 1887. Mansfield asked Boston writer Thomas Russell Sullivan to create the script. Their authorized adaptation debuted at the"
"Thomas Russell Sullivan Thomas Russell Sullivan (November 21, 1849 – June 28, 1916) was an American writer. He is best known for ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", an 1887 stage adaptation of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" by Robert Louis Stevenson. He also wrote novels and short stories, often with Gothic motifs. His posthumously published journals have been used as a historical source about the literary culture of Boston in the late 19th and early 20th century. Sullivan was born on November 21, 1849, in a log cabin house on Charles Street in Boston, Massachusetts. He was"
"same time as he was proofing ""The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (published 1886). The story is told in first person by a nameless Scottish soldier. He is recovering from his wounds in a Spanish hospital, where his doctor suggests he take up temporary residence with a local family, but with their stipulation that he remain a stranger to them. The once-noble family consists of a mother, a son (Felipe) and a daughter (Olalla). The Scotsman is welcomed by the son and begins to develop a casual friendliness with the mother. Both are described as ""stupid"" and"
"It was read by those who never read fiction and quoted in pulpit sermons and in religious papers. By 1901, it was estimated to have sold over 250,000 copies in the United States. ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,"" though it had initially been published as a ""shilling shocker,"" was an immediate success and is one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London and soon moved all across England and then towards his home country of Scotland. The first stage adaptation followed the story's initial publication in 1886. Richard Mansfield bought the rights from"
"Boston and found work at Lee, Higginson & Co., a Boston investment bank. While working at Lee, Higginson & Co., Sullivan began writing in his spare time. In the 1870s and early 1880s, he worked on several plays performed at the Boston Museum. His first novel, ""Roses of Shadow"", was published in 1885. He became friends with the actor Richard Mansfield, who in 1887 acquired the theatrical rights to ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", an 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. Mansfield asked Sullivan to write the adaptation. Sullivan doubted whether the story would make a good"
"and Mr. Hyde"" (1886), a lawyer named Mr. Utterson speaks with his friend Richard Enfield about an encounter he had with a repulsive hunchbacked man named Mr. Hyde. Soon Utterson finds that one of his clients, Dr. Jekyll, has written his will, giving all of his property to this strange man. It is revealed that Jekyll and Hyde are in fact one and the same, and that Jekyll has been using a potion he formulated to go between the two personalities. Hyde torments the town, while Jekyll apologizes and humbles his friends for Hyde's sake. Stevenson's novel invites hatred towards"
"of Anthony Trollope. In the late nineteenth century, a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations. Robert Louis Stevenson's (1850–94) work included the urban Gothic novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), which explored the psychological consequences of modernity. Stevenson was also crucial to the further development of the historical novel with historical adventures in books like ""Kidnapped"" (1886) and ""Treasure Island"" (1893) and particularly ""The Master of Ballantrae"" (1888), which used historical backgrounds as a mechanism for exploring modern concerns through allegory. Arthur Conan Doyle's (1859–1930) ""Sherlock Holmes"" stories produced the archetypal detective figure and helped"
"Emma Tennant Emma Christina Tennant FRSL (20 October 1937 – 21 January 2017) was a British novelist and editor. She was known for a postmodern approach to her fiction, which is often imbued with fantasy or magic. Several of her novels give a feminist or dreamlike twist to classic stories such as ""Two Women of London: The Strange Case of Ms Jekyll and Mrs Hyde"" (from Robert Louis Stevenson’s ""The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde""). She also published work under the name Catherine Aydy. Tennant was of Scottish extraction, the daughter of Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron"
"George MacDonald, the influential author of ""The Princess and the Goblin"" and ""Phantastes"" (1858). Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was an important Scottish writer at the end of the nineteenth century, author of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and the historical novel ""Kidnapped"" (1886). H.G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like ""The Time Machine"" (1895), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians,"
"many of them historical or studies of manners set in Scotland and England, including ""The Minister's Wife"" (1886) and ""Kirsteen"" (1890). Her series the ""Chronicles of Carlingford"" has been compared with the best work of Anthony Trollope. In the late nineteenth century, a number of Scottish-born authors gained international reputations. Robert Louis Stevenson's (1850–94) work included the urban Gothic novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), which explored the psychological consequences of modernity. Stevenson was also crucial to the further development of the historical novel with historical adventures in books such as ""Kidnapped"" (1886) and ""Treasure Island"""
"Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are ""Treasure Island"", ""Kidnapped"", ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", and ""A Child's Garden of Verses"". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J."
"Gothic story, Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), has an implicit werewolf subtext, according to Colin Wilson. This has been made explicit in some recent adaptations of this story, such as the BBC TV series ""Jekyll"" (2007). Stevenson's ""Olalla"" (1887) offers more explicit werewolf content, but, like ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", this aspect remains subordinate to the story's larger themes. A rapacious female werewolf who appears in the guise of a seductive femme fatale before transforming into lupine form to devour her hapless male victims is the protagonist of Clemence"
"attracted the attention of Victorian society at large. Journalists, letter writers, and amateur detectives all suggested names either in press or to the police. Most were not and could not be taken seriously. For example, at the time of the murders, Richard Mansfield, a famous actor, starred in a theatrical version of Robert Louis Stevenson's book ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"". The subject matter of horrific murder in the London streets and Mansfield's convincing portrayal led letter writers to accuse him of being the Ripper. William Henry Bury (25 May 1859 – 24 April 1889) had recently"
"morbid obsession with mourning rituals, mementos, and mortality in general. The 1880s saw the revival of the Gothic as a powerful literary form allied to fin de siecle, which fictionalized contemporary fears like ethical degeneration and questioned the social structures of the time. Classic works of this Urban Gothic include Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), Oscar Wilde's ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"" (1891), George du Maurier's ""Trilby"" (1894), Richard Marsh's ""The Beetle"" (1897), Henry James' ""The Turn of the Screw"" (1898), and the stories of Arthur Machen. Some of the works of Canadian"
"the box is opened, Hyde is dominant. In a flashback triggered by genetic memory, Hyde has a vision of a meeting between Jekyll and Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"". Stevenson agrees to write a fictional version of Jekyll's case but reveals that he knows the truth: there is no potion. Instead, Jekyll was transformed into Hyde by his love for Alice, a maid within his household. Flashbacks into Jackman's own life show his Hyde first manifesting fully during a seaside holiday with Claire, after the pair were accosted by hooligans. Enraged"
"densely populated Europe of the industrial revolution prompted Urban Gothic literature and novels like Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886) and Oscar Wilde's ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"" (1890). But in sparsely populated colonial Australia, especially the penal colony of Tasmania, the religious zeal of some prison wardens (akin, in many ways, to the institutionalised religion of the Inquisition; a theme reflected in European gothicism) and the mysterious rituals and traditions of Tasmania's indigenous Aboriginal inhabitants lent itself to an entirely different ""gothic"" tradition. Frederick Sinnett (founder of the ""Melbourne Punch""), writing in 1856,"
"Eugene Chantrelle Eugene Marie Chantrelle (1834 in Nantes – 31 May 1878 in Edinburgh) was a French teacher who lived in Edinburgh and who was convicted for the murder of his wife, Elizabeth Dyer. He is claimed to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Dr Jekyll featured in ""The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"". Stevenson met Chantrelle at the home of Victor Richon, Stevenson's old French master. Chantrelle was hanged for his crimes at Calton Prison in Edinburgh. Chantrelle was teaching French at the private Newington Academy in Edinburgh when he began a relationship with"
"permission for both the American and British stage rights in early 1887. Mansfield asked Boston writer Thomas Russell Sullivan to create the script. Their authorized adaptation debuted at the Boston Museum on May 9, 1887, under the title ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", with Mansfield starring in a dual role as both Jekyll and Hyde. While the Mansfield production was touring the US, the German-American actor Daniel E. Bandmann developed an unauthorized adaptation, working with writer John McKinney. Bandmann's version made several changed to Stevenson's story that were similar to changes made in Sullivan's version. These changes included the addition"
"Mary Reilly (novel) Mary Reilly is a 1990 parallel novel by American writer Valerie Martin. It is inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel ""Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"". It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1990 and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1991. Martin's novel was the basis for the 1996 film of the same name starring Julia Roberts in the title role. The novel is about a young girl working at the home of Dr. Henry Jekyll who falls in love with her master. Jekyll's ""assistant"", Edward Hyde,"
"""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" (1886), with the dilemma of good vs. evil translated here into that of an unattractive woman who longs for beauty. In 2016, Valancourt Books published Daniel's edition of ""Beauty's Hour"", marking the first return to print of Shakespear's fiction for many decades. She dedicated ""The False Laurel"", published in 1896, to Lionel Johnson. The plot features a poetess who falls in love with and marries an insipid young poet, giving up her own writing to attend to his needs. She becomes bored, writes a successful play, and then goes mad. ""The False Laurel"" was the"
"and also collected and published Scottish ballads. His first prose work, Waverley in 1814, is often called the first historical novel. It launched a highly successful career that probably more than any other helped define and popularise Scottish cultural identity. In the late 19th century, a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations. Robert Louis Stevenson's work included the urban Gothic novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and played a major part in developing the historical adventure in books like ""Kidnapped"" and ""Treasure Island"". Arthur Conan Doyle's ""Sherlock Holmes"" stories helped found the tradition of detective"
"Stevenson's ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde""—published in the same year (1886) as Richard von Krafft-Ebing's ""Psychopathia Sexualis""—and, subsequently, Oscar Wilde's only novel (containing his aesthetic manifesto) ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"" (1891). In ""Tess of the d'Urbervilles"" (1891), Thomas Hardy explores the destructive consequences of a family myth of noble ancestry. Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen showed a sensitivity to degenerationist thinking in his theatrical presentations of Scandinavian domestic crises. Arthur Machen's ""The Great God Pan"" (1890/1894), with its emphasis on the horrors of psychosurgery, is frequently cited as an essay on degeneration. A scientific twist was added"
"disorder and barbarity of the poor within the same metropolis. ""Bleak House"" in particular is credited with seeing the introduction of urban fog to the novel, which would become a frequent characteristic of urban Gothic literature and film. The urban Gothic genre that developed in the Victorian Fin de siècle, beginning with Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), was influenced by these views of a hidden city, the Whitechapel murders, by Charles Darwin's ideas on natural selection, and later by Freud's ideas about the human mind. They often incorporated ideas about the influence of"
"with industrialisation. Though it remained influential throughout the period, there was a notable resurgence of Gothic fiction in the fin de siecle, such as in Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886) and Oscar Wilde's ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"" (1891). Popular forms of entertainment varied by social class. Victorian Britain, like the periods before it, was interested in literature (see Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, Robert Louis Stevenson and William Makepeace Thackeray), theatre and the arts (see Aesthetic movement and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood), and music, drama, and opera were"
"island fiction and non-fiction is among the most valuable and collected of the 19th century body of work that addresses the Pacific area. Literary works Musical works About Websites Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are ""Treasure Island"", ""Kidnapped"", ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", and ""A Child's Garden of Verses"". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by"
"Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Brent Jekyll is running for Congress and as part of his campaign is trying to get foreigners out of America (this includes the Munsters). There is a more sinister part of the story as it seems that Hyde was sabotaged and transformed into Jekyll purposely, to bring forward a politician without a past who people would listen to. As the story unfolds, the family tries to save the day. With Herman arrested and placed in jail, Grandpa creates a replica of him from spare parts and uses it"
"criminal. That authorial observation is a thematic link to the double life recounted in ""The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), by Robert Louis Stevenson, a novella admired by Oscar Wilde. In Book 2 of Plato's ""The Republic"", Glaucon and Adeimantus present the myth of the Ring of Gyges, by means of which Gyges made himself invisible. They then ask Socrates, ""If one came into possession of such a ring, why should he act justly?"" Socrates replies that although no one can see one's body, the soul is disfigured by the evils one commits. The disfigured and"
"of the era, ""The Edinburgh Review"", founded in 1802 and ""Blackwood's Magazine"", founded in 1817. Together they had a major impact on the development of British literature and drama in the era of Romanticism. In the late 19th century, a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations. Robert Louis Stevenson's work included the urban Gothic novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and played a major part in developing the historical adventure in books like ""Kidnapped"" and ""Treasure Island"". Arthur Conan Doyle's ""Sherlock Holmes"" stories helped found the tradition of detective fiction. The ""kailyard tradition"" at the"
"Polyscope Company's production of ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" (1908), now a lost film, based on the classic gothic novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", published 15 years prior, about a man who transforms between two contrasting personas. (The book tells the classic story of a man with an unpredictably dual nature: usually very good, but sometimes shockingly evil instead.) Georges Méliès also liked adapting the Faust legend into his films. In fact, the French filmmaker produced at least six variations of the German legend of the man who made a pact with the devil. Among his"
"and went to Texas to be part of an aviation unit. There he contracted meningitis and died in 1918. Richard Mansfield Richard Mansfield (24 May 1857 – 30 August 1907) was an English actor-manager best known for his performances in Shakespeare plays, Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and the play ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"". Mansfield was born in Berlin and spent his early childhood on Heligoland, Germany, an island in the North Sea, then under British rule. His parents were Erminia Rudersdorff (1822–1882), a Russian-born operatic soprano, and Maurice Mansfield (died 1861), a British London-based wine merchant. His grandfather was"
"potion that allows him to transform himself into Hyde and back again. When he runs out of the potion, he is trapped in his Hyde form and commits suicide before he can be arrested. The play debuted on Broadway in March 1888. The adaptation was not authorized by Stevenson, but copyright law in the United States allowed Bandmann to produce the adaptation without permission. In August, Bandmann took the play to London, where it was in direct competition with an authorized adaptation, also using the title ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", written by Thomas Russell Sullivan and starring Richard Mansfield."